Entertainment

On June 24, 2016, Philash Entertainment Group, The Artists United (TAU), and The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) presents The Soulful Sounds Series – Black Music Month Salute to Philly Soul Panel Discussion. This event is sponsored by I.C.A.R.E Academy and Main Course PHL. The event will take place at The African-American Museum of…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jesse Williams By David Bauder ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Actor Jesse Williams says he sees BET’s documentary that premiered Thursday, May 26 on the Black Lives Matter movement as a time capsule capturing the conditions that led to the group’s formation. Williams, of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” is an executive producer and is…

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By Frazier Moore associated press NEW YORK — Will history repeat itself with the remake of “Roots” ? The original miniseries, based on Alex Haley’s best-seller, became a national phenomenon in 1977 as it told the multigenerational saga of his forebears, beginning with Kunta Kinte, a West African teen captured in the mid-1700s by slave…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Samantha with her producer Kutiman.  (Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.) Interview with Kam Williams Born and raised in Chicago, 39 year-old Samantha Montgomery moved to New Orleans in 2006. By day, she works as a caregiver for the elderly and, by night, she fearlessly performs as Princess Shaw online and at local open…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Actor and comedian Bill Cosby arrives for a court appearance in Norristown, Pa in Feb. 3, 2016.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File) By Maryclaire Dale and Michael R. Sisak ASSOCIATED PRESS NORRISTOWN, Pa.  — Bill Cosby was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  In this May 22, 2014 file photo, actor Michael Jace appears in court in Los Angeles. Jace’s murder trial is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 23, 2016, in downtown Los Angeles. The actor best known for playing a police officer on the FX series “The Shield” is charged with shooting his wife…

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By Tambay Obenson shadowandact.com VH1 announced the return of “Hip Hop Honors” to celebrate the trailblazing first ladies of hip hop. The show will pay homage to the women pioneers, trailblazers and trend-setters who lead a movement and infiltrated the ranks of the male-dominated genre to make their voices heard, and still do today. “VH1’s…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Prince  (Photo: Northfoto / shutterstock) ASSOCIATED PRESS CHASKA, Minn. — Two people claiming to be heirs of Prince’s estate are objecting to having to take blood and genetic tests to prove their relationship to the musician. Brianna Nelson and Jeannine Halloran, on behalf of her minor daughter, have filed estate claims in Carver…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Grace-Greenleaf (Merle-Dandridge) and her father Bishop James Greenleaf (Keith David.) By Aramide A. Tinubu shadowandact.com OWN’s new original series “Greenleaf,” featuring Oprah Winfrey’s first scripted television role in two decades, will launch on June 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The network is evidently very confident in the series’ potential as a ratings hit because…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Wendell Pierce (By Helga Esteb / Shutterstock) By Jeff Martin ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — A discussion about politics upset actor Wendell Pierce so much that he followed a group of people to their hotel room, tried to force his way inside, hit a woman in the head and ripped the hood off of her hoodie, she…

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